| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 216.241.59.199.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,f,h,k,a,i,g,c,e,l,b,d,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 216.241.59.199.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,f,e,b,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 216.241.59.199.in-addr.arpa. | 199.in-addr.arpa. | (t,v,u,z,w,x,r,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 216.241.59.199.in-addr.arpa. | 241.59.199.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).bodis.com. |
We pick